Thread: Lifts.

Dont quoteme on this but I know it's on the RAV. Unfortunatly I'm at work with no RAV CD.

I think is 480mm from wheel centre to the guard.

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So If I cut the guards and put flares on to accommodate my tires how would they be able to tell and does that mean it would be illegal?

I was just giving details of what I think the original height is and how it's measured in the RAV.

I haven't checked yet.

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Don't know if this helps but as I have just put a steel bar on the front I measured the height before I started, as I also have a 2 inch lift ready to go in.

Mine is a Td5 with SLS. The height from the bottom of the wheel arch to the ground was 825 mm

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Don't know if this helps but as I have just put a steel bar on the front I measured the height before I started, as I also have a 2 inch lift ready to go in.

Mine is a Td5 with SLS. The height from the bottom of the wheel arch to the ground was 825 mm

Ground height isn't much help to most of us mate because we have different tyre/wheel heights.

Distance to the centre of the wheel wont change unless the guards are chopped.

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Thanks Joel.

I think that engineers use the overall height of the vehicle measured from ground to roofline. These measurements are in the car manual, and possibly on the back of the sun visor?

The height of your vehicle in regards to the law does not differentiate if it's from tyres or suspension in regards to the maximum height a vehicle can be raised.
They look at tyres not based upon hub to guard measurements, but on the industry standard of tyre size measurements.

I think you will find that your disco is probably somewhat lower than factory spec anyway, so you can raise quite a bit.

Hope this helps

That makes great sense. Hahah always the simple way isn't it. Cheers for that.